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Yesod ʻolam

by: Israeli, Isaac ben Joseph, 14th cent

Publication date: 1460

Usage: Public Domain Mark 1.0

Topics: Astronomy--Early works to 1800 Codices 15th century, Astronomy, Medieval Diagrams Spain, Jewish astronomy--Early works to 1800 Treatises Italy, Manuscripts, Hebrew--15th century Jewish, Manuscripts, Renaissance Treatise, Astronomy, Paper

Collection: openn; upenn; americana

Contributor: University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Language: Hebrew

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, LJS 476. Spain or Italy, 1460. Partial copy of an introduction to astronomy. Manuscript text is divided in 3 books, with the first book addressing geometry and trigonometry; the second, the structure and position of the Earth; and the third, the movement of the sun and moon and equinoxes and eclipses. The fourth book of the text, on the application of astronomy to the Jewish calendar, and the fifth book, containing canon tables, are not present in this manuscript.

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